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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online learning have enabled people all over the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Guam to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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