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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Poland to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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