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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in elearning technology have empowered humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like YouTube to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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