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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in e-learning are enabling students all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Singapore to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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