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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in digital education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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