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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in online education technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to understand these important new open education endeavours. Professors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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