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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online education technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Central Florida to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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