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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are considering today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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