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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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