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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in digital education technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Professors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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