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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online education have enabled humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Professors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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