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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic educational technology enable people all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also describes 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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