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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in online education are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Peter I Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these exciting new open education ventures. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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