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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online learning are enabling learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are considering now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Ecotech Institute to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better understand these new open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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