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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in digital education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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