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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning have enabled people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions must deal with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Morocco to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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