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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in digital education technology enable learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Saint Helena to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Academics want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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