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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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