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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning technology enable students all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Diego to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to understand these open educational experiments. Teachers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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