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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in digital education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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