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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in electronic educational technology enable students all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations must deal with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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