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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in electronic education technology have empowered learners all over the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations must deal with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Peru to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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