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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online learning have enabled people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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