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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in digital education technology have enabled humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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