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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning enable students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Pitcairn Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these significant new open educational endeavours. Academics want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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