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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in elearning have enabled people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to know how MOOCs can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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