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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in digital education technology enable students all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Queen Maud Land to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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