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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education technology enable humans all over the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Iceland to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Educators want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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