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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning have enabled students in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning institutions have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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