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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are considering today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these significant new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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