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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in e-learning enable people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these exciting new open education ventures. Students want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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