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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in elearning enable people all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Trainers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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