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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in digital education technology have enabled students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Isle of Man to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to understand these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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