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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education technology have made it possible for students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like American Samoa to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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