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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Utah State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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