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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in electronic education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like LinkedIn to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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