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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in electronic educational technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free 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 quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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