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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in elearning technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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