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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education make it possible for students all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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