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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning enable students all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that e-learning institutions have to consider now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC classes? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these significant new open education endeavours. Academics want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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