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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations must deal with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to better understand these significant new open education initiatives. Instructors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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