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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in online education are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to better understand these new open education undertakings. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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