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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in digital education technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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