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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology have enabled students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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