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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic education technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As elearning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these open educational ventures. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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