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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online education have made it possible for humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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