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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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