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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners 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 quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to understand these important new open educational undertakings. People want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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