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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Rochester to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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