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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Universities want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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