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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online learning have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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