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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning have provided the means for learners all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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