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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in e-learning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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