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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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