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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in digital education technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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