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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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