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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are considering today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Monaco to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open educational ventures. Corporations want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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