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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in e-learning are empowering people all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Greenland to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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