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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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