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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling learners all over the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that online learning institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also explores the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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