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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in online learning technology are enabling students all over the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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