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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in elearning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners 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 e-learning technology institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Iceland to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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