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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in digital education technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Alfred State College of Technology - SUNY to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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