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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online education technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Great Basin College to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these exciting new open education undertakings. People want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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