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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in e-learning have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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