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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in e-learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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