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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in electronic educational technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Tonga to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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