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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in e-learning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scientists want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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