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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online education technology enable students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are considering now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Ross Dependency to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to understand these interesting new open education ventures. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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