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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in elearning enable people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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