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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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