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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions have to consider today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better comprehend these open education experiments. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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