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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are ordinarily 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 quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Educators want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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