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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online education are enabling students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually 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 many topics that blended learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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