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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in online education technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes 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 online learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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