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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily 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 quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations are considering more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage low motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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