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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in e-learning have enabled students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions must deal with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like The New School to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to better grasp these interesting new open education endeavours. Scientists want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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