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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in learning technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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