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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online education have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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