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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in e-learning enable learners all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these compelling new open education undertakings. Researchers want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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