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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in elearning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open education ventures. Instructors want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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