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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in online education technology make it possible for students all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Puerto Rico to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the definitive 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 new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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