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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Norfolk Island to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Professors want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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