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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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