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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in elearning technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Bouvet Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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