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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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