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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in electronic education technology make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a expanding need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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