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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning have enabled humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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