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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are considering today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Vanuatu to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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