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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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