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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in elearning technology are enabling students all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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