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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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