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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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