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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in electronic education technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Washington to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Teachers want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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