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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New changes in online learning technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Minnesota to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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