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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online education are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Universities want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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