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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online learning are enabling students in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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