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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of South Florida to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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