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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in e-learning technology make it possible for humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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