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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in online learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Nauru to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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