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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in learning technology make it possible for learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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