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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in digital education technology have enabled learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Universities want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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