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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic educational technology have enabled students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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