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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in online education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like China, People's Republic of to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these compelling new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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