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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in learning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these compelling new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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