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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education are empowering people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are 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 lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? This book conveys life-changing stories that might inspire others to try experiencing MOOCs and open education. How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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