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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Educators want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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