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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in elearning are enabling learners all around the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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