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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in elearning have empowered people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are almost always free 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 a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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