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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are considering now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Slovakia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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