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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online education enable students all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these open education experiments. People want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this growing desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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