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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in e-learning technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like The University of Chicago to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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