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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Queen Maud Land to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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