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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic education technology have enabled humans all around the world to take classes online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC classes are customarily free for students 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 many issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Saint Helena to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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