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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in online education have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is passable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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