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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in electronic education technology have empowered people all over the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Grenada to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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