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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in online learning have empowered students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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