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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these open educational experiments. Scientists want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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