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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online education technology enable learners in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are commonly 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 numerous issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Micronesia to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better perceive these compelling new open education undertakings. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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