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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in electronic education technology have empowered students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like The Bahamas to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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