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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in online education enable humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these important new open education undertakings. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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