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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in e-learning technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally 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 a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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