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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic education technology are enabling humans in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Guyana to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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