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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in blended learning enable people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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