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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic education technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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