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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in online education are enabling learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Bellevue University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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