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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in elearning technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Barbados to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to know how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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