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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in online education have empowered humans in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are customarily free 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 numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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