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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in electronic education technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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