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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online learning have enabled humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These MOOCs are typically 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 many subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to better understand these open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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