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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Students want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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