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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Andorra to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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