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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations have to consider now that learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Qatar to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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