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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in digital education technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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