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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is passable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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