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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in electronic education technology are enabling humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning organizations are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. People want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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