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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest changes in electronic education technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners 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 numerous issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Comoros to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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