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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in elearning have enabled people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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