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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic education technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions are considering now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Universities want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This sensational new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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