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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in e-learning make it possible for students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Ascension to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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