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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in online education technology make it possible for students in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Ecuador to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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