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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in digital education technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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