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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online learning technology are making it possible for students all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This book also studies the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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