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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in elearning have enabled people in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Google+ to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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