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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in learning technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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