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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in digital education technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these important new open education initiatives. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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