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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Iraq to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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