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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in e-learning technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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