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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in digital education technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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