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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in online learning enable people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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