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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This amazing new book also articulates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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