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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic educational technology are empowering learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these significant new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the dramatic 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 dramatic new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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