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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in online education are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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