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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education enable people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Philippines to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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