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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in digital education technology enable people all over the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better perceive these intriguing new open education undertakings. Universities want to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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