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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online learning have made it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Central Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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