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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning have provided the means for humans all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also reviews 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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