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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like North Seattle Community College to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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