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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in digital education technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like The University of Chicago to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these compelling new open educational undertakings. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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