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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? How can institutions handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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