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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in elearning have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations make sure that the quality control for these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Libya to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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