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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in online learning technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these new open educational endeavours. Universities want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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