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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in digital education technology enable students all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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