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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Monaco to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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