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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in learning technology have enabled learners in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education ventures. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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