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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education have enabled students in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like University of South Florida to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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