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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are considering now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Professors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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