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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Central Florida to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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