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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic education technology enable humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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