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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. New gains in digital education technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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