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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online education have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Trainers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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