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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in digital education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always 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 online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can we certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Case Western Reserve University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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