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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all over the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations have to consider today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Academics want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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