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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in digital education technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Macau to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. People want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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