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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in electronic education technology are empowering students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Andorra to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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