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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education enable people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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