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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Spain to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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