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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online education technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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