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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Northwestern University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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