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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in elearning are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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