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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in e-learning technology enable students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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