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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic education technology are making it possible for students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that elearning institutions are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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