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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in digital education technology have enabled students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Professors want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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