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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic education technology enable students in all parts of the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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