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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in electronic education technology are enabling humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Researchers want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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