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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are dealing with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these important new open educational endeavours. Academics want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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