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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online education have enabled humans all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Vatican City to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these important new open educational endeavours. People want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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