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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest changes in electronic education technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are typically free 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Comoros to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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