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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Minnesota to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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