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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology are empowering people all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Navassa Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Professors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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