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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in learning technology enable humans all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to understand these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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