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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in elearning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Guadeloupe to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Educators want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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