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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in digital education technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Italy to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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