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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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