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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Mali to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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