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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in electronic education technology make it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are considering today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like The University of Chicago to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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