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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic education technology enable learners in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations are considering today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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