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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in elearning have empowered people all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Switzerland to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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