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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in electronic education technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Davidson College to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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