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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in e-learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free 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 quite a few topics that online education institutions are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado System to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Professors want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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