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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this desire for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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