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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online education enable students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of New Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also analyzes the key 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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