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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in elearning are enabling students all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Japan to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these significant new open education endeavours. Researchers want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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