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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in electronic educational technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not 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 education institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Navassa Island to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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