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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in digital education technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are considering today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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