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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning technology are enabling students all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Gibraltar to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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