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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Palau to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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