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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning technology enable people all over the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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