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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online learning technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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