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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Midway Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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