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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning enable students all over the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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