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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online education are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Martinique to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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