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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This amazing new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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