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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning technology are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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