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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in e-learning enable students in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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