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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic educational technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Martinique to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to better understand these intriguing new open education endeavours. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the 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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