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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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