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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning technology enable people all over the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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