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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in e-learning technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are ordinarily 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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