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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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