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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Suriname to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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