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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in digital education technology are enabling students all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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