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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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