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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in online education technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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