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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in elearning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Universities want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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