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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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