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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. People want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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