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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning enable people all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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