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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these open educational endeavours. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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