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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Clipperton Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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