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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic educational technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Universities want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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