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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in e-learning technology have enabled students all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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