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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are usually free for learners 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 issues that online education organizations are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Hungary to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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