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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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