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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners 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 numerous topics that e-learning organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like New Caledonia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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