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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are considering today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to better perceive these open education initiatives. Researchers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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