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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in online education technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Trainers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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