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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online education technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these exciting new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also researches the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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