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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology enable humans all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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