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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education technology are providing the means for students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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