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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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