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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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