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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in electronic education technology enable humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these important new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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