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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic educational technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This interesting new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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