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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning are providing the means for people all over the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are ordinarily 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 numerous topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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