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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in e-learning technology enable people all around the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology organizations are considering now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to understand these promising new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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