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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education are enabling people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations must deal with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. People want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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