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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in e-learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Uruguay to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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