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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in elearning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students 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 numerous issues that online education institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like American College of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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