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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in online learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this developing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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