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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in e-learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Reunion to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these open education initiatives. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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