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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in electronic educational technology enable people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Otis College of Art and Design to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these compelling new open education endeavours. Scholars want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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