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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in e-learning have empowered humans all around the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better perceive these open education endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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