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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in elearning technology have enabled students all over the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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