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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic education technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Tanzania to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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