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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in e-learning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners 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 a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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