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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in elearning have enabled students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Students want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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