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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Students want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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