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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in online learning have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to understand these new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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