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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in digital education technology enable people all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Reddit to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these new open education initiatives. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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