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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in online learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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