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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Baker Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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