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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in e-learning are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free 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 quite a few subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Utah Valley University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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