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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in elearning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Clemson University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to better grasp these open educational experiments. Professors want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also researches the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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