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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in electronic education technology have empowered people all around the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to better perceive these promising new open educational ventures. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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