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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online education enable people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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