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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. 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. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Kiribati to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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