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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic education technology have enabled humans all around the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also studies the most important 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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