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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education technology make it possible for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also addresses 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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