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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online learning have empowered people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Mongolia to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these interesting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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