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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Lecturers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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