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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in elearning have empowered learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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