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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online education have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UWashingtonX to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to better understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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