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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education are providing the means for people all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Brunei to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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