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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in learning technology make it possible for students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Professors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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