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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in digital education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a growing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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