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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in elearning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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