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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online learning are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are considering more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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