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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning have empowered humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like New Caledonia to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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