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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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