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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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