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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in digital education technology make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Michigan State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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