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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in digital education technology are empowering learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education endeavours. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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