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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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