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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning technology have enabled students all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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