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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online education have empowered students in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Reddit to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to understand these new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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