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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in electronic educational technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Tuvalu to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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