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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online education have enabled students all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Columbia University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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