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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in digital education technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Instructors want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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