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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in electronic education technology have enabled humans in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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