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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are usually 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 a variety of issues that online learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like LinkedIn to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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