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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education have empowered learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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