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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in online education are enabling students all over the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like University of New Mexico to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Educators want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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