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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online education are empowering learners in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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