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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning make it possible for humans all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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