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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in digital education technology enable students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Andorra to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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