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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in online education technology are enabling learners all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many subjects that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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