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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in digital education technology enable students in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Ecotech Institute to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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