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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better understand these interesting new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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