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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in electronic education technology have enabled learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Pitcairn Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This amazing new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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