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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in online education have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Macau to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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