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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in e-learning technology have enabled students all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Palmyra Atoll to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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