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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in online learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free 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 elearning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these exciting new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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