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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in online learning enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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