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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in electronic education technology enable students all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Cyprus to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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