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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in elearning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these open educational initiatives. Corporations want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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