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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 (MOOC). New advancements in online education technology enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Peter I Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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