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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in online education have enabled learners in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to understand these important new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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