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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic education technology make it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. People want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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