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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in e-learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Norway to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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