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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education have empowered humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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