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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in e-learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Solomon Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to better perceive these open education experiments. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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