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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Ohio State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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