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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology enable humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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