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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like McHenry County College to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these new open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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