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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online education are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these important new open educational initiatives. Universities want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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