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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in digital education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Laos to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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