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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in digital education technology make it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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