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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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