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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is passable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Professors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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