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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology enable humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students 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 numerous issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. People want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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