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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online education enable learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several subjects that e-learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Houston System to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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