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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online learning have made it possible for students all over the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Palau to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to be more aware of these promising new open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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