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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in learning technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Liberia to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these compelling new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge the 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 book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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