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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning technology enable students in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Educators want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This 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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