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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology enable learners all around the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are customarily 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 quite a few issues that online education organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these interesting new open educational ventures. Students want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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