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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in digital education technology enable people all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations have to consider today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these new open education ventures. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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