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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in digital education technology enable people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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