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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in learning technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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