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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in online learning technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Netherlands Antilles to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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