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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in elearning technology are enabling students all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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