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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in e-learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Hungary to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates 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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