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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in online learning have empowered students all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like OpenupEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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