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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in digital education technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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