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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these fascinating new open education undertakings. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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