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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education technology have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational ventures. Educators want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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