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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in learning technology enable students in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Solomon Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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