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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in electronic education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is all right? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Afghanistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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