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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education have enabled humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many topics that online education institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Macau to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to better perceive these significant new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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