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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in e-learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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