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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Norway to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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