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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in elearning are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Berklee College of Music to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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