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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for details the definitive 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 stimulating new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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