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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Mauritania to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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