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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online education have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to understand these important new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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