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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in online education are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Academics want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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