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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations are considering today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Martinique to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and many other participants desire to better comprehend these promising new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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