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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in elearning are making it possible for students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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