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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in electronic educational technology have empowered learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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