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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in digital education technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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