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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education technology have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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