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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in online learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are normally free for students 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 many subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to better perceive these promising new open educational endeavours. People want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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