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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that online education institutions have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UWashingtonX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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