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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in elearning make it possible for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Columbia University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these compelling new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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