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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education are providing the means for learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these significant new open educational ventures. Instructors want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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