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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are considering now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is passable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Public servants want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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