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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in elearning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are customarily 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 several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these interesting new open education initiatives. Students want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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