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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in digital education technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Portugal to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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