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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in e-learning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free 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 distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like LinkedIn to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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