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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in digital education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Colorado System to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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