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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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