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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic education technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many subjects that elearning institutions have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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