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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online education technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Berklee College of Music to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these open education experiments. Instructors want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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