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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to be more aware of these compelling new open education experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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