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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these new open education undertakings. Corporations want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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