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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in electronic educational technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Austria to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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