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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic educational technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that e-learning institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like China, People's Republic of to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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