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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning enable people in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a developing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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