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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in e-learning are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. People want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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