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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these promising new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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