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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in digital education technology are empowering students all around the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are usually free 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 many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Finland to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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