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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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