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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online education are empowering humans all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOC classes are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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