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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in electronic educational technology are empowering humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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