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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in digital education technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Professors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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