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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning have made it possible for students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like El Salvador to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and many other participants want to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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