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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Christmas Island to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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