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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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