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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. People want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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