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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Liberia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also reviews 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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