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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free for students 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 several issues that online learning technology institutions are considering now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. People want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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