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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better perceive these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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