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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these new open educational endeavours. People want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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