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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students all around the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are commonly free for learners 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 technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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