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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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