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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these compelling new open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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