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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in e-learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Tonga to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these exciting new open education ventures. Trainers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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