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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in learning technology enable people all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these significant new open educational ventures. Students want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this demand for details the authoritative 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 thrilling new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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