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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Pitcairn Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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