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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in online learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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