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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education technology have enabled learners all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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