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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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