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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are normally free 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 a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational initiatives. Universities want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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