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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in digital education technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This book also addresses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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