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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like The New School to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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