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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Tumblr to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these interesting new open education endeavours. Universities want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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