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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in digital education technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado System to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for data the scholarly 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 interesting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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