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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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