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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in digital education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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