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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New changes in electronic education technology enable humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Christmas Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these important new open education initiatives. People want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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