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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in e-learning technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Pridnestrovie (Transnistria) to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scholars want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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