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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Palmyra Atoll to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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