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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic educational technology have made it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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