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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in digital education technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Madagascar to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This interesting new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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