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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online learning technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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