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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in e-learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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