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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in e-learning technology are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently 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 distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like China, People's Republic of to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also considers the most important 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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