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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in online education technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are mostly free for learners 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 topics that online education organizations are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Davidson College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Corporations want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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