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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in digital education technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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