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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in elearning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Montserrat to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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