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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic educational technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these significant new open education endeavours. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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