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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in electronic education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Great Basin College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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