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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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