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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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