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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in digital education technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily 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 numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Scientists want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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