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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in elearning have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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