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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education enable humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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