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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in digital education technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these interesting new open educational endeavours. People want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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