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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in digital education technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Jordan to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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