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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online learning technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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