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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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