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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in electronic educational technology have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better understand these compelling new open education endeavours. Researchers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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