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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in digital education technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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