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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in online education have enabled humans all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Poland to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these important new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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