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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education technology have enabled people all around the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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