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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in e-learning have enabled learners all over the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are normally 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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