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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in elearning technology enable learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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