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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are free 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 a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these MOOCs is passable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Guadeloupe to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these promising new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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