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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online education technology enable people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Excelsior College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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