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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in elearning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Broward College to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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