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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning enable people all over the world to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Professors want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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