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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in distance learning technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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