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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling students in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these exciting new open education undertakings. Educators want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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