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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in digital education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Malaysia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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