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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in digital education technology make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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