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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Argentina to conduct these massively open online courses? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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