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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in online education technology enable humans all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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