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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in e-learning are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better perceive these significant new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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