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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in online education are empowering people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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