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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in elearning are empowering students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These online MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these significant new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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