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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning technology make it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these exciting new open educational ventures. Teachers want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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