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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic educational technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Researchers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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