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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better grasp these promising new open education undertakings. Instructors want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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