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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can we certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Jersey to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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