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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education technology have empowered learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Palmyra Atoll to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. People want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for knowledge 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 topics. This scholarly new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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