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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online learning technology are making it possible for humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Vatican City to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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