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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in e-learning make it possible for humans all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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