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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in learning technology make it possible for students all over the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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