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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online education have empowered learners all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations have to consider today because online education technology is developing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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