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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online learning are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Minnesota to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to understand these important new open educational ventures. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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