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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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