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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Barbados to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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