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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online learning technology make it possible for humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Greenland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Students want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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