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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in e-learning technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like The University of Chicago to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these important new open educational endeavours. Academics want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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