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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily 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 many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational endeavours. Universities want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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