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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in online education technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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