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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in e-learning technology are enabling learners in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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