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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in learning technology make it possible for students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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