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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these significant new open educational ventures. Educators want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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