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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in elearning have enabled learners all around the world to participate in online courses. 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 MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions have to deal with today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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