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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic educational technology have empowered people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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