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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in electronic education technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open education endeavours. Researchers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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