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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are dealing with today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to better understand these promising new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also explores the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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