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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic education technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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