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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online education are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. People want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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