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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like New Zealand to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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