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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in digital education technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Ascension to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this increasing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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