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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in electronic educational technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like American College of Education to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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