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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in learning technology enable students all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many topics that online education institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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