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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in e-learning are enabling students all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Japan to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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