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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in electronic education technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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