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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses. New gains in online learning enable students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these open educational undertakings. Academics want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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