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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in electronic education technology have made it possible for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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