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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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