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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online education enable students in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Haiti to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these new open educational endeavours. Students want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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