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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Students want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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