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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are free for students 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 issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to understand these new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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