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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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