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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online education technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Reddit to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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