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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in electronic educational technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are considering now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Universities want to comprehend how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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