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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education technology make it possible for students all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these significant new open education initiatives. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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