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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in e-learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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