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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in elearning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Georgetown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. People want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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