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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in e-learning have made it possible for students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are usually 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 distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these important new open educational ventures. Students want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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