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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in elearning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Jarvis Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these significant new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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