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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in elearning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are considering today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better comprehend these new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also explores the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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