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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are generally 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 variety of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Paraguay to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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