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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New gains in online learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are considering today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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