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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in distance learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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