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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning are providing the means for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better grasp these compelling new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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