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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in e-learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Bellevue University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better understand these new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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