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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for students all over the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Iceland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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