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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in digital education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like New Zealand to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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