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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic education technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Boston University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these promising new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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