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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in electronic educational technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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