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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic educational technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a need to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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