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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in electronic educational technology enable students all over the world to participate in classes online. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Ascension to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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