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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online education technology are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Academics want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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