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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in online education have enabled students all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like New Caledonia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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