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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in distance learning have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are considering today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to better perceive these significant new open education ventures. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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