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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Educators want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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