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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in digital education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these open educational undertakings. Public servants want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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