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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic education technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massively open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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