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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning are enabling students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners 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 subjects that online learning organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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