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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in e-learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this increasing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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