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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic educational technology enable people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Corporations want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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