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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to better perceive these significant new open education endeavours. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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