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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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