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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology make it possible for people all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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