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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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