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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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