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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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